Hey everyone. I've been lurking RR for a few years now, but never bothered creating an account.

Oddly, my interest in the Raptors and in the NBA in general has really returned this year. I'm looking forward to getting in on "the ground level" with this new bunch of guys, and in a weird way I feel relieved that the last vestiges of "the old Raps", including Bosh, are gone and done. Yes, we are going to lose a ton of games this year, but I'm looking forward to seeing if and how we can become a team with a real system, and if and how these new guys will develop. It seems to me to be a relatively exciting time in Raptorland, even if I expect many people won't feel the same.

Hello All! I'm new to the forum, obviously. In the interests of full disclosure, I feel I should let you know I am a Pacers' fan. Please don't hold that against me. Along with the Pacers' I am a fan of all things NBA and I am looking for some more outlets for discussions and idea sharing. I've followed the site for awhile through Truehoop, and I'm excited to be able to share some thoughts and ideas here.

I am a die-hard basketball fan, and have been a Raptors fan since day 1 (even though I was only 7 at the time...my dad had me obsessed from the beginning).
I'm also a big Lakers/Kobe fan, and have have been since their rivalry with Sacramento back in the early 2000s (I'm Serbian and everyone I knew was on the Kings bandwagon so I started cheering for the Lakers to kick Sacramento's ass b/c I thought the Kings were a team of pansies...and I ended up becoming Lakers-obsessed and I still am)
Anyway, I'm glad to have a place to talk b-ball with other hardcore fans It's gonna be a rough season in T-Dot...

Sup, had an account on RaptorsSpace for a long time, but then I got directed here a couple months ago from an article on Raptors.com. Read the articles from that time and they are really enjoyable. Finally took the 2 minutes that it takes to register. So, "Hey, I'm New!"